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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 20, 2014
Gold supply declining, BlackRock manager says

BlackRock Inc.'s Evy Hambro, manager of its $8 billion World Mining Fund, said gold supply may fall “quite rapidly” as producers curb output at expensive mines.

INVESTING EQUITIES JAN 16, 2014
Janus shares dropped most in 15 months in 4Q on investor withdrawals

Subpar performance prompted investors to pull money for the 18th consecutive quarter.

INVESTING ETFS JAN 16, 2014
BlackRock profit surges as investors deposit $40B

CEO Laurence D. Fink said BlackRock has the potential to increase its asset base by about 5% annually by developing new ETFs and expanding its reach among individual investors.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME JAN 15, 2014
Boosted by equity rally, pensions buy bonds to take risk off the table

“It's a very large source of demand” from the pension funds, said Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital LP.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 15, 2014
Stocks losing allure with highest valuation to bonds since 2011

Why one investment manager says a correction is inevitable

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JAN 08, 2014
Hedge funds cut gold bets amid record outflows

Money managers reduced their net-long position by 2.8%.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 06, 2014
Sickened by market conditions? You aren't alone

Declining stocks worry people sick, if hospital records are any guide. A new study has found that hospitalizations rise on days when shares fall, and “people are hospitalized disproportionately for mental conditions.”

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 06, 2014
Sickened by market conditions? You aren't alone

Declining stocks worry people sick, if hospital records are any guide

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 05, 2014
Feldstein to Summers predict stronger U.S. growth in 2014

“2014 is going to be a better year,” Martin Feldstein, a professor at Harvard University and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Ronald Reagan, said .

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 03, 2014
Gold headed to worst year since 1981

Some investors lost faith in the metal as a store of value amid a rally in equities and an improving economy